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RUNNING GEAR FOR WAGONS.

Patnted July 4, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()EFICE.

REUBEN O. LYON, OF OENTRALIA, WISCONSIN.

RUN NlNG- -GEAR FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 260,582, dated July 4, 1882. Application filed April 21, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, REUBEN G. -LYoN,of Oentralia, in the county of Wood and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in running-gears for vehicles, and has for its object to promote strength and'durability without materially increasing the Weight of the parts; and it consists in the construction of the reach-coupling for the front axle, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the forward axle of a wagon made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the rear axle built in accordance with my invention. Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional elevation on the line a z of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation taken on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation taken on the line aw of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the plate and holding-block for holding the reach.

AA represent the ax1es,which are provided with the thimble-skeins B, which are'formed with the raised portions b, which support the bolster O of the rear axle, A, and the sandboard D of the forward axle, A, as shown in Figs 1 and 2; and E E are the bands by which the bolster and sand-board are held to and upon the axle and upon said raised portions of the skeins.

Between the sand-board D and the forward axle, A, in the center, is placed the block F, which is held in place by the rods to apassing through thesand-board, block, and axle. This block supports the sand-board in the center, and holds the U-shaped plate G, in which the reach H is held by the king-bolt f, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. This U-shaped plate G is braced from the rods a a by the brace-rods d d, as shown in Fig. 6, which hold the plate firm against lateral movement. The forward bolster, J, is pivoted upon the sand-board D by means of the bolt j, which passes through the bolster and sand-board, and screws into the nut i, sunk its thickness into the under side of the sand-board, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

Instead of forming the skeins with the enlargements b for supporting the sand-board and bolster, enlargements may be formed upon the under side of the sand-board or bolster, near the ends thereof, and used with the ordinary form of skein or other means might be devised for supporting. the sand-board and bolster at the ends upon theaxle and not depart from the spirit of my invention; but the plan shown is the preferred plan. "By this means it will be seen the strength of the bolster and sand-board is combined with the strength of the axle, thus making the whole stronger without material increase of weight of these parts; and it will be seen that by means of the plate G the necessity for boring and thus weakening the forward axle for the passage of the king-bolt is avoided, and the sand-board is supported in the center by the block F, thus still further increasing the strength of the axle and Sand-board.

Having thus described my invemion, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a vehicle running-gear, thecombination, with the block F, interposed between and fastened to the sand-board or bolster and the front axle, and the reach H, of the U-shaped plate Gr, embracing the 101601: F and connected to the reach, and the stayrods or braces d d, connected to the reach couplingbolt f, and the rods a, securing the blockF in position, substantially as and lor the purpose set forth.

REUBEN O. LYON.

Witnesses:

N. J. BOUGHER, S. PRESTON. 

